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... principles fatal to the prosperity of that country . On the other hand , if the nominal commerce of the com- pany is suffered to be carried on for the account of the servants abroad , by investing the emolu- ments made in their stations ...
... principles fatal to the prosperity of that country . On the other hand , if the nominal commerce of the com- pany is suffered to be carried on for the account of the servants abroad , by investing the emolu- ments made in their stations ...
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... principles and economy of the company's trade have been so completely cor- rupted by turning it into a vehicle for tribute , that , whenever circumstances require it to be replaced again upon a bottom truly commercial , hardly any thing ...
... principles and economy of the company's trade have been so completely cor- rupted by turning it into a vehicle for tribute , that , whenever circumstances require it to be replaced again upon a bottom truly commercial , hardly any thing ...
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... principles on which mono- polies are supported , and on some peculiar to the commodity , to the nature of the trade , and to the state of the country : the security against adulteration ; the prevention of the excessive home consumption ...
... principles on which mono- polies are supported , and on some peculiar to the commodity , to the nature of the trade , and to the state of the country : the security against adulteration ; the prevention of the excessive home consumption ...
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... principles stated and adhered to in the defence ) have a sufficient reason for farming them on his own account , since he can at all times make them as profitable as he pleases ; or if he leases them to a third person , yet reserves an ...
... principles stated and adhered to in the defence ) have a sufficient reason for farming them on his own account , since he can at all times make them as profitable as he pleases ; or if he leases them to a third person , yet reserves an ...
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... principles of disobedience had taken root in his mind , and of an assumption to himself of exorbitant powers , which he chooses to distinguish by the title of " his pre- " rogative . " In this also will be found an ob- scure hint of the ...
... principles of disobedience had taken root in his mind , and of an assumption to himself of exorbitant powers , which he chooses to distinguish by the title of " his pre- " rogative . " In this also will be found an ob- scure hint of the ...
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Page 258 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 329 - Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Page 307 - And turn the unwilling steeds another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle and unopening door ; . While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat.
Page 352 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 283 - The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity .. the rest is crime.
Page 259 - ... rights ; the joint and several securities, each in its place and order, for every kind and every quality, of property and of dignity; — as long as these endure, so long the Duke of Bedford is safe: and we are all safe together — the high from the blights of envy and the spoliations of rapacity; the low from the iron hand of oppression and the insolent spurn of contempt. Amen ! and so be it : and so it will be, Dum domus JEnea Capitoli immobile saxum Accolet ; imperiumque pater Romanus habebit.
Page 258 - I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. Indeed, my lord, I greatly deceive myself, if, in this hard season, I would give a peck of refuse wheat for all that is called fame and honor in the world.
Page 266 - At the very moment when some of them seemed plunged in unfathomable abysses of disgrace and disaster, they have suddenly emerged. They have begun a new course, and opened a new reckoning ; and even in the depths of their calamity, and on the very ruins of their country, have laid the foundations of a towering and durable greatness. All this has happened without any apparent previous change in the general circumstances which had brought on their distress . the death of a man at a critical juncture,...
Page 251 - He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested.
Page 277 - Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.